Guest can't use Paypal Express in cart

[domeglic]

Preconditions (*)

1. Magento 2.3.2
2. Paypal Express checkout enabled
3. Paypal In-Context mode enabled
4. Paypal Show in cart enabled
5. Paypal guest checkout enabled

Steps to reproduce (*)

1. Guest user, first time on the shop (no localStorage or session)
2. Add any product to cart
3. Click Paypal button to start express checkout

Expected result (*)

1. Popup to login to Paypal opens

Actual result (*)

1. Error message To check out, please sign in with your email address. appears and checkout is not possible

The problem can also be reproduced by clearing local storege in cart and refreshing the page.
The issue is here. customerData.get('cart') is empty when this code runs for guests or users with no localStorage.

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[engcom-Charlie]

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[engcom-Charlie]

Hello @domeglic ! Thank you for your contribution !
I was trying to reproduce this issue on fresh 2.3-develop instance but i can`t do it ( Popup to login to Paypal opens, purchase was successful) . Maybe i missed some steps ? Can you please share your configuration here ?
Feel free to reopen it in case you have some updates .
Thanks in advance !

[domeglic]

I was able to reproduce it on the magento instance you created above when it was up. No other configuration should be necessary.
You can also trigger it by clearing all local storage once in the cart, then refresh the page and click the paypal button.

The problem is that when customer-data.js is initialized it will make async requests to actually retrieve sections data (customer, cart). So using customerData.get("cart") before this request has finished will give back no data

[engcom-Charlie]

Hi, @domeglic ! I check it on fresh Magento 2.3.2:

Actual result:
No errors
GIF:

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Hi @engcom-Charlie. Thank you for your request. I'm working on Magento 2.3-develop instance for you

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Hi @engcom-Charlie, here is your Magento instance.
Admin access: https://i-23761-2-3-develop.instances.magento-community.engineering/admin
Login: admin Password: 123123q
Instance will be terminated in up to 3 hours.